I spent most of yesterday not “productive” in the narrow sense. The world news from Great Britain was riveting me. There but for the grace of God (and maybe the grace of Donald Trump) that could be the USA, and might still be the USA.
I could go on about that, but will save it for a (hopefully) brighter time. Because something more minor, yet just a critical also occurred yesterday. I got into a discussion with a long-time friend posted a link to an article critizing Trump’s recent trip to China as a rich-get-richer scheme.
Since i had just read a very factual analysis about how this was not so, I provided those facts and countered, asking for facts.
When the dust settled, it came down to he just can’t stand Trump and I have to be in a cult to express any sort of support for the man.
I will state now, as i stated then, That i really wasn’t a Trump guy, hadn’t been, but the more people try to convince me not to support him, the more good reasons I get FOR supporting him.
And while i am definitely not a cultist where Trump is concerned, I am not going to list to anyone my complaints or disagreements with him here. I do not intend to add fodder to the undeserved attacks on the man.
Instead, I am going to tell you one of the things that I admire most about Donald Trump: His Humility.
I am sure that statement comes as a shock to many. With his boastful attititude, pride, vanity, and possibly insecurity are the things people associate with Trump.
People tend to ignore that Trump is a promoter, a cheerleader, a negotiator, (and probably a really good poker player too). When Trump boasts, he isn’t reinforcing himself, he is promoting the product. His apparent vanity is his confidence in the product (in our case AMERICA) not confidence in himself.
Where do I get this hint of humility? Go back to the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assasination. During services, after Erica Kirk publicly forgave Charlie’s killer, Trump made a statement to Mrs. Kirk that I don’t remember verbatim, but do remember the gist: Trump admired her for doing something he wasn’t sure he would be able to do, admitted it, and then gave her an invitation to see him at the White House to talk more about her faith.
This is a big insight. The man, Trump, knows he has failings, is not embarrassed by them, but also seeks improvement. He knows himself. So he has confidence to do what he knows needs doing, knowing his own weakness, but also knowing the strength of his product and relying on that.
Don’t pay too much attention to what Trump says, more about what he does and how he does it. His rough communication style is a masterpiece of deflecting people from his real objective until it is too late to stop him. Boast and Bluster are a big part of this. But neither are the man.
Humility does hide in seemingly unexpected places.
At The Rainbow 